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Add it up over a full race weekend, and F1’s race cars will create roughly eight terabytes of telemetry alone, giving Mercedes, Red Bull, McLaren and every other team massive amounts of data on engine performance, suspension behavior, gearbox efficiency, fuel flow, G-forces, driver inputs and more.
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John Koetsier, Forbes.com, 23 May 2026
Despite the Miura’s gearbox being mounted at some distance, behind its transverse engine (a layout inspired by the Austin Mini), the pistol-grip lever moves positively around the open metal gate.
—Tim Pitt, Robb Report, 18 May 2026
The Frenchman went to pass Liam Lawson around the outside at the Turn 17 hairpin, but Lawson’s gearbox failed under braking, leading to the two colliding.
—Madeline Coleman, New York Times, 5 May 2026
The control strategies for the double-clutch paddle-shift gearbox have also been improved, cutting shift times at the expense of a bit of refinement.
—Jonathan M. Gitlin, ArsTechnica, 1 May 2026
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John Koetsier, Forbes.com, 23 May 2026
Despite the Miura’s gearbox being mounted at some distance, behind its transverse engine (a layout inspired by the Austin Mini), the pistol-grip lever moves positively around the open metal gate.
—Tim Pitt, Robb Report, 18 May 2026
The Frenchman went to pass Liam Lawson around the outside at the Turn 17 hairpin, but Lawson’s gearbox failed under braking, leading to the two colliding.
—Madeline Coleman, New York Times, 5 May 2026
The control strategies for the double-clutch paddle-shift gearbox have also been improved, cutting shift times at the expense of a bit of refinement.
—Jonathan M. Gitlin, ArsTechnica, 1 May 2026
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“Gearbox.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gearbox. Accessed 1 Jun. 2026.
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gearbox
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gear·box
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